• The Department of Transport plans to introduce credit-card size driving licences displaying a photograph of the holder by...

by Kathy Watson • Truck manufacturers have been urged by the police this week to research ways of making it easier for LGV...

• An Irish haulier is planning to appeal against his truck being permanently confiscated in France after one of his drivers was...

Licensing Authorities have voiced concern for the first time over recent Vehicle Inspectorate staff cuts as VI vehicle checks...

C ould you ignore a man who's pleading? The Department of Transport can. In the latest annual report of the Licensing...

by Steve McQueen • An LGV recovery price battle could be on its way. A recovery operators' association is considering setting...

• Driving Standards Agency chiefs look set to scrap plans to ban WV driving schools from reserving tests before candidates are...

• A human rights lawyer is advising hauliers to avoid travelling through or to Morocco after receiving details of a recent...

by Mary Williams • Fraudulent truck drivers could fool planned electronic motorway toll systems by buying car toll tags, which...

• A former road haulier forced into bankruptcy in 1984 is suing the insolvency service of the Department of Trade and Industry...

• The liquidator of 20-vehicle Suffolk haulier KD Transport (Anglia) says the company has a deficiency of £283,000 after paying...

• A van driver who killed a pensioner as he went through a red light in a bid to escape from chasing police was jailed for 33...

by Karen Miles • In the face of growing opposition over its future in the wake of the Sowerby Bridge disaster, Fewston...

• Four truck drivers for Aston Clinton Haulage were fined a total of £450 for tacho offences after pleading guilty at Aylesbury...

rising demand for HGV I holders to meet justin-time deliver,/ schedules, particularly for food. • Manchester-based Transdrive...

• A legal ruling on the payouts due to workers of the nowdefunct Leyland Daf has given hope of a financial bonanza to thousands...

• An Italian driver was fined £1,500 after a Kent truck check revealed he had taken only five hours rest in 31 hours. The...

• Bridgend, Mid-Glamorganbased John Raymond Transport is looking for 30 experienced drivers with Class 1 licences after taking...

by Juliet Parish • Wincanton faces a legal battle over plans to slash the pay of 23 drivers it inherits when it takes over Elf...

• A haulier escaped having his licence suspended after receiving a number of prohibition notices because he was not invited to...

Tractor operators have always faced a difficult decision. Choose a high spec. and you often sacrifice payload. Go for payload...

• Mercedes has launched the revised SK heavy truck cab in the UK. The cab was first seen at the RAI Show in Amsterdam (CM 17-23...

supplying cargo handling systems to Polish brewer Zy - wieo to help speed turnround in its distribution operation. The brewery...

• Thermo King has introduced a compact MD-11 TCI "invertible" multi-temperature reefer truck unit based on the larger RD-11 TC1...

• Hatcher is now offering an air management system for the MAN L2000 middleweight cab comprising an adjustable rooftop spoiler...

• D Morgan has ordered 32 MAN 32 322 8x4 tipper chassis to be supplied by MAN Truck Centre CVS of Manchester. Morgan...

• CTR's new testing arrangements include testing at its sites by VI inspectors. "What could be a three-day operation can be...

Kassbohrer • Mercedes-Benz is to acquire the bus division of Ulm-based Karl Kassbohrer GmbH for an undisclosed sum. The deal...

• A pre-production version of Cummins' soon-to-be-launched Mu l truck engine is running in a Seddon Atkinson Strato tractor...

• Fiat has decided to bring the pick-up version of its Fiorino in to the UK. The Brazilian-built front-wheel-drive vehicle, one...

• The managing director of JMC (Building Ser. vices), of Southport must pay attention to all the terms and conditions of the...

• Hill Top Transport, a company run by Bachitter Singh whose previous company B Singh Transport failed, has been granted a...

Pisa I 6 • KL&S Winter of Heddon in Hull was given an absolute discharge after admitting using a vehicle with dangerous parts...

IN Cardiff-based ME Foley (Contractors), given eight days to put its vehicles through a new annual test, succeeded in getting...

aircraft engines on to a trailer for transport have been over come by Engine Maintenance and Management Services (EMMS) of...

• Klege-Europ has subjected a soon-to-be-announced Style reefer bodywork range, with its Optimum panels plus new corner and...

• Pandoro has added one of Lawrence David's latest design of top-loading curtainsider trailers to its Ireland/UK 40strong...

• Logiq and Cold Chain Instruments have jointly developed a software package that reads load temperatures from up to eight...

• Linkman Tankers Is buying more of the squared-off Australian-built THOMAS semi-trailer tankers. It's adding at least another...

• Cavendish Farm Foods has added a 13-tonne Mercedes rigid with 121,1 18.7ft (5.7m) triple compartment reefer bodywork to its...

in Haulage RAE was pictured in CM enjoying his latest issue beneath a palm tree at RAF Station No. 203 (Flying Boat) Squadron,...

D id I read your article right? Is the little guy at last beginning to get his own back? I refer to the story reporting that...

by Mary Williams • Motorway tolls are likely to be delayed as a report by the influential Transport Select Committee due out...

Wn at is to stop your transport manager giving notice, setting up a busiess in competition and soliciting business from your...

SUPP ERY F I arly last year Nero Ford unveiled a three-engine 17-tonne range specced for UK conditions. The Langley-built...

For a driver's-eye view of the Super Cargo we headed for the BP truckstop at South Mimms and invited some 17-tonner drivers to...

J ohn Carrington loves the sound of breaking glass. The merry rattle and crash of empty beer, wine and spirit bottles being...

over 3.5 tonnes GVW increased by some 23% over the first six months of last year, It's multi-wheeler and heavy tractor sales...

1970s. Age is no barrier to the Merc's popularity and it currently holds second place in the 1994 sales league with 18% of the...

many roles and responsibilities of the police force are expected to be made public early next year. In the meantime, leading...

laid down by the Association of Chief Police Officers. It is the chief of police in each area who is empowered to make the...

have unlimited funds to play within an industry which, sadly, they know nothing about. In addition, European Community...